SOLUTION: The thickness of a quarter is approximately 2 millimeters. How many quarters would you need to make a two kilometer high pile?

Question 821419: The thickness of a quarter is approximately 2 millimeters. How many quarters would you need to make a two kilometer high pile?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The thickness of a quarter is approximately 2 millimeters.
How many quarters would you need to make a two kilometer high pile?
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2 km (1000 meter/1 km)(1000 ml/1 meter) = (2*1000*1000)/(1*1*1)= 2,000,000 ml
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So, (2 km/2 ml) = (2,000,000 ml/2 ml) = 1,000,000 quarters
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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